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More than 3,000 St. Louis Boeing machinists reject latest contract; strike continues

More than 3,000 Boeing machinists at St. Louis-area defense plants rejected the company's most recent contract proposal — including a 45% wage increase over five years — and have extended their walkout into its sixth/seventh week, threatening production and deliveries on F‑15, F/A‑18, T‑7A and MQ‑25 programs.

2025-09-12T10:57:35.119440-07:00

Reuters

Thales, Airbus and Leonardo accelerate talks on €10bn French‑headquartered satellite manufacturing JV

2025-09-12T12:09:44.780555-07:00

SpaceNews.com

ULA’s Vulcan Centaur Debuts with First National Security Mission

2025-08-12T18:17:37.739584-07:00

Runway Girl

Safran H1 2025: propulsion, interiors and defence drive double‑digit organic growth

2025-08-27T11:02:32.704202-07:00

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Reuters

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Thales, Airbus and Leonardo accelerate talks on €10bn French‑headquartered satellite manufacturing JV Leonardo, Thales and Airbus are accelerating talks to merge their satellite businesses into a French‑headquartered joint venture valued at about €10 billion, with sources saying an initial agreement could be reached in coming weeks. The deal would consolidate major European space suppliers and reshape satellite manufacturing capacity.

2025-09-12T12:09:44.780555-07:00

Thales, Airbus and Leonardo accelerate talks on €10bn French‑headquartered satellite manufacturing JV

Associated Press

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More than 3,000 St. Louis Boeing machinists reject latest contract; strike continues More than 3,000 Boeing machinists at St. Louis-area defense plants rejected the company's most recent contract proposal — including a 45% wage increase over five years — and have extended their walkout into its sixth/seventh week, threatening production and deliveries on F‑15, F/A‑18, T‑7A and MQ‑25 programs.

2025-09-12T10:57:35.119440-07:00

More than 3,000 St. Louis Boeing machinists reject latest contract; strike continues

Air & Space Forces Mag

Natalie Crawford, Veteran RAND Analyst Who Shaped U.S. Air Force Modernization, Dies at 86 Natalie Crawford, a senior RAND analyst whose research and counsel helped shape U.S. Air Force modernization for decades, has died at 86. Crawford spent more than 60 years at RAND, working closely with top Air Force leaders to set the service's research agenda; she retired earlier this year.

2025-09-10T18:16:22.920648-07:00

Natalie Crawford, Veteran RAND Analyst Who Shaped U.S. Air Force Modernization, Dies at 86

Breaking Defense

Space Development Agency eyes space-based AMTI demonstration to track airborne targets, says Director Derek Tournear

2025-09-09T07:27:45.897890-07:00

EXCLUSIVE: SDA eyes space-based AMTI dem

edrmagazine.eu

BIRD Aerosystems launches µDIRCM, wins initial orders for laser DIRCM to protect small helicopters and UAS BIRD Aerosystems has launched the µDIRCM, a compact, lightweight laser-based directed-infrared countermeasures system derived from its SPREOS technology, designed to protect small helicopters and unmanned aerial systems from MANPADS. The company says it has secured initial orders for the system.

2025-09-04T04:19:41.863043-07:00

BIRD Aerosystems launches µDIRCM, wins initial orders for laser DIRCM to protect small helicopters and UAS

Air Data News

Ukraine unveils first full-length image of transferred Dassault Mirage 2000‑5F President Zelensky revealed the Ukrainian Air Force’s first full-length image of a France-donated Dassault Mirage 2000‑5F on Aviation Day, confirming Kyiv has begun fielding the transferred fighters. The jets have been integrated into Ukrainian operations since early February but were kept largely under wraps until now.

2025-09-02T01:48:51.572075-07:00

Ukraine unveils first full-length image of transferred Dassault Mirage 2000‑5F

The Aviationist

SOCOM selects Northrop Grumman APG-83 SABR AESA to modernize C-130J special-operations radar suites SOCOM has selected Northrop Grumman’s APG-83 SABR active electronically scanned array (AESA) to replace legacy radars on AC-130J, MC-130J and HC-130J special-operations aircraft. The decision initiates a fleetwide radar modernization to refresh sensing and targeting capabilities across C-130J special-operations variants.

2025-09-01T05:19:03.166960-07:00

SOCOM selects Northrop Grumman APG-83 SABR AESA to modernize C-130J special-operations radar suites

FlightGlobal

USAF to Train Pilots in Italy on Leonardo T-346A Under Historic IFTS Agreement The U.S. Air Force signed an Aug. 22 agreement with the Italian Air Force to send American pilot trainees to the International Flight Training School (IFTS) in Decimomannu, Sardinia — the first time a NATO partner nation will host USAF pilot training. Training will use Leonardo T‑346A aircraft under a defined CONOPS.

2025-09-01T02:22:34.205046-07:00

USAF to Train Pilots in Italy on Leonardo T-346A Under Historic IFTS Agreement

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